CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 190-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2374

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to make emergency appropriations for:

(1) Collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (2), (3), (4), (9), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025; and

(2) The public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating a total of $449,016,917 for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (2), (3), (4), (8), (9), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2023-2025;

(2) Deleting language that would have appropriated an unspecified amount for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within certain bargaining units;

(3) Deleting language that would have appropriated an unspecified amount for salary increases and other cost adjustments by the Chief Justice for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within certain bargaining units;

(4) Deleting language that would have appropriated an unspecified amount for salary increases and other cost adjustments for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining, assigned to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees within certain bargaining units;

(5) Appropriating a total of $7,800,000 for fiscal biennium 2023-2025 for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining;

(6) Inserting the amount and percentage of exceedance of the appropriation over the general fund expenditure ceiling;

(7) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

(8) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Chair	____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Co-Chair	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA Co-Chair